US justice department says Yale discriminates against whites and Asians

The US justice department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants in its undergraduate admissions process in violation of US civil rights law. The findings are the result of a two-year investigation in response to a complaint by Asian-American groups concerning Yale's conduct, the department said. The department said it was prepared to file a lawsuit against Yale if it did not take "remedial measures".
A Yale spokeswoman said the university "categorically denies" the allegations. The justice department made its findings before allowing Yale to provide requested documents, Yale said. "...Yale's practices absolutely comply with decades of Supreme Court precedent," the spokeswoman said.
The justice department said that although race can lawfully be considered in college admissions in limited circumstances, "Yale uses race at multiple steps of its admissions process resulting in a multiplied effect of race on an applicant's likelihood of admission." The justice department has previously supported a lawsuit brought by affirmative action opponents accusing Harvard University of bias against Asian Americans.
The SC has ruled that universities may use affirmative action to help minority applicants get into college. US conservatives have said that in helping Black and Latino applicants, affirmative action can hurt white people and Asian Americans.